Egg-boiler.



J. F. NECHOLS.

EGG BOiLER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17. 1914.

LlfiiifiK Patented Apr, 27, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOTO-LITHOH WASHINGTON. D C

.I. F. NICHOLS.

EGG BOILER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17. 1914.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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JOHN F. NICHOLS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

EGG-BOILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Application filed February 17, 1914. Serial No. 819,247.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN F. Nroi-roLs, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Egg'Boilers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to egg boilers and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having automatic means for controlling the period of time in which the egg is to remaln in the boiling water.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description 1s read 1n connection with the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectlonal vlew taken centrally through the structure. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an elevation and diagrammatic view of the clock with parts broken away. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the clock. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents a receptacle capable of holding a quantity of water and constructed of such material as to permit it to be placed upon a stove or gas burner for heating the water therein. The top of the receptacle 2 is provided with an inlet opening closed by a plug 3 and the rear wall of the receptacle is provided with an outlet opening closed by a similar plug 4. The top of the casing is also provided with an opening into which is seated an egg cup 5 consisting of an elongated foraminous tube having a removable bottom or platform 6 and a plain top 7.

Rising from the top of the receptacle 1 is a casing 8 upon the top of which is mounted an ordinary clock 9 carrying its dial 10 surrounded by a conductor ring 11 provided with a plurality of apertures 12 to receive the contacting pins 13 over which the minute hand 14 of the clock is adapted to wipe. The ring 11 is connected to one side of an electro-magnet 15 by the conductor 16 while the opposite side of the electro-magnet is connected to one pole of the battery 13 by a conductor 17, the other side of the conductor being grounded uponthe clock frame by a conductor 18. This magnet is located upon the top 2 within the casing 8 and is adapted to operate a lever 19 pivoted upon an arm 20 secured to the weight housing 21 also ar ranged within the casing 8. The lever 19 carries upon its lower end the armature 22 of the magnet and has its upper end slotted, as shown at 28, to receive the connecting pin of the supporting dog 24 which is slidably mounted in a sleeve 25 secured to the housing 21.

The end of the dog 24 extends through the housing 21 and is arranged to engage in a notch or recess 26 in the side of the weight 27. This weight is connected by means of a cable 28 to the movable bottom 6 so that when the weight is released and drops to the top 2 the platform or movable bottom 6 will be elevated until it engages the inwardly eX- tending flange 29 formed at the top of the cup 5. The cable, as shown, travels over pulleys secured to a supporting arm 30.

In operation, the eggs are placed in the flared upper end of the cup 5 and the platform or movable bottom 6 upon which the eggs are supported lowered into the water in the tank or receptacle 1. This lowering is accomplished by pulling down upon the cable 28 which raises the weight until the dog 24 which is spring projected, as shown, engages in the notch or recess 26. A pin 13 is then set in one of the holes 12 of the ring 11 and when the hand 14 wipes over the pin the electrical circuit is completed as follows: Battery B, 17, 15, 16, plate 11 and pin 13, hand 14 and frame of the clock and back to the battery over conductor 18. The magnet being thus energized will attract its magnet from the two thus operating the lever to withdraw the dog from the recess 26, allowing the weight to drop which raises the movable bottom 6 and thereby withdraws the eggs from the boiling water in the tank 1 and deposits them in the flaring upper end of the cup.

What is claimed is 1. In an egg boiler, a tank having a top provided with an opening therein, a foraminous receptacle arranged within the tank and having its lower end resting on the bottom of the tank, the other end of the receptacle extending above the tank and flared to provide an egg receiving mouth, an egg supporting member slidably arranged within the receptacle and normally resting upon the bottom of the tank, and means for causing,

at a predetermined time, the travel of theegg supporting member toward the egg receiving mouth on the receptacle.

2. In an egg boiler, a tank having a top provided with an opening therein, a foraminous receptacle arranged within the tank and having its lower end resting on the bottom of the tank, the other end of the receptacle extending above the tank and flared to provide an egg receiving mouth, an egg supporting member slidably arranged within the receptacle and normally restingv upon the bottom of the tank, and means for causing,

at a predetermined time, the travel of the egg supporting member toward the egg re- 15 ceiving mouth on the receptacle, and means carried by the receptacle for limiting the upward movement of the egg supporting member.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. NICHOLS. Witnesses:

JOHN S. SUBLETT, ALICE HARTLING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the F Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

